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dies at the age of 110. helped back at how music alice hurd summer through her darkest times. welcome to our viewers around the globe. almost a year, they've been living under siege on the outskirts of damascus, trapped the syrian war. more than 20,000 people are this refugeeve camp for palestinians which they call a living hell. tonight, our chief international correspondent takes us inside in report.cial >> it could be the scene of a natural disaster. man-made.s not much is left here. but this tide of people.

struggle to contain the crowds but they couldn't emotions.the >> they tell the story of yarmuke, thousands of people living under siege for months months without access to food or medical assistance. >> i'm so tired, so tired, this cries. pleading,man stops, please, please, take us out, here.dying stopped.helling hasn't a fragile truce has allowed the finally gain access but it still has to tread carefully, negotiating between rebel

troops andovernment palestinian factions. a battle just to get into aid in. >> we will not forget you. the whole world will not forget you. >> the head of the u.n.'s palestinian refugee agency made today since the siege took hold last july. >> for everybody, we will not promise you.e >> speaking to the people here, ofy've been deprived everything for to too long and t that we day too late are able to do this. >> only a tiny amount of food, 60 parcels, were distributed today. more than 20,000 people are struggling to survive here. reachf them couldn't even this distribution point. yarmuke was once a refuge for palestinians fleeing the war.israeli now it's a prison and people are frantic to escape.

very few do. this man somehow managed to get inside to rescue his daughter. for haven't seen each other a year. we have been living with hunger and humiliation, she tells me. but where should we go now? our home. kiffa tries to put on a brave face. herything was normal here, it hits.nd then there was no bread. much. all too it's like that for everyone here. >> one 13-year-old boy and thousands other like him who are suffering in syria and a short i spoke with our

syria.ondent inside i guess people might watch that report and you should complain this.the context of the u.n. can go in. why can't they take those people out with them? in but onlycan go with the blessing of the host government. that's the way the u.n. operates every country so that means thea, assade government has to allow them in.ission to come the government will say we can't allow aid in and out freely because it would allow terrorist groups to move in and out freely inside are caught between the two. that is a small amount of aid delivered to one geographically relatively small suburb. >> we've now had first united nations agreement on syria on humanitarian aid that russia and china have signed up to, as well. do you think this might be the beginning of baby steps on the

humanitarian front? it's nice to think that perhaps it is a start of but the u.n. resolution has no teeth. there's nothing forcing both sides. the table buting the other parties have the hands over their ears and people listening. there is still a fight, an fight underway in syria and unfortunately the delivery of aid like the medical care has become a tool used by both sides, not just by the government. but of course it's a government that controls access to the camps. this particular camp, the u.n. tried to get access to the southern part which they felt was much safer. the government refused access to that so they tried to go to the north. the end of far as government controlled areas, then started to hit rebel-helded the convoy came under attack and they had to withdraw. aid alone --ry of talking about is not enough.

is extremelyit difficult. >> as we can see. look at other news now from around the world, the egyptian cabinetnister and his has unexpectedly resigned. beblawi said no government in the world could fulfill all of the people in a short period of time. a's understood the move is assisiral one to declare 's candidacy. tributes have been made to ramiso born actor harold who died at 69. he's best known for playing in "ghostbusters." he went on to move behind the camera for a series of successful films including "groundhog day." of tension and questions surrounding ukraine today.

that recent events have created a real threat to the country, stoking fears of a dispute between moscow and the west. the whereabouts of president unknown.h are last friday he ran ukraine, now he's a wanted fugitive. protestors are out on the streets. here's our european editor. >> ukraine and the first week after the out offing of -- oustg of a president. are many groups on the streets demanding justice. prisonersestors want released, gathered outside parliament where the newly opposition leaders were meeting. the markets were open, fruit and high.bles piled but few people were buying. flowing but at the checkpoints where the self militias of the opposition with police in the background. square, they were

queuing to join self defense groups and no one seemed ready end the protests. >> for us to get out of here and to go to our working places and stuff, we have to be sure that we won't have to come here again. >> investigators were gathering might help bring to justice those who had opened fire, killing 88 protestors. a warrant was issued for the president,he ousted viktor yanukovych, for mass murder, but he remains on the run. at the parliament, they were trying to set up a government of unity.l of growing concern to the new leadership here at the keiv are comments coming out of russia. minister,n prime

astry medvedev, is quoted questioning the legitimacy of the authority here, saying they power through mutiny. inside the parliament, the talk was of financial rescue to stave default. the interim president, oleksandr turchynov, warned the ukraine economy was heading into the abyss. the international community ready to help. the details have yet to be a donorut but conference may be convened within two weeks. as for the country, it remains in shock at lives lost and future.n about its >> for more on the situation in spoke a short time ago with nicholas burns, former nato,an ambassador to joining me from boston. thank you very much for joining me. have dmitry medvedev saying this poses a real threat,

ukraine, toning in russian interests, what do you think that might mean in terms of moscow's reaction now? >> it's not surprising to see such strong language from moscow the centuries long andural, linguistic historical relationship between russia.nd they've been together for the years and the russians are signaling they are disturbed by what happened over the weekend. will face the ofntervailing influence britain and germany and france and poland and the united states the ukrainians to let their people decide at the elections and not be separated by an eastern russian half and western ukrainian half and to the integrity of that country but the russians are

minded, ie very tough think, as they approach the issue of new government in keiv. risk ofu think there is some form of russian intervention in ukraine now, nick? i think we're at the very minimum, we'll see an attempt by to intimidate the new interim government in keiv. the natural gas supplies that power the everyian economy and ukrainian home. russia controls the black sea it there in crimia. a criticalourse is exporter of materials for the ukrainian economy. there's tremendous influence russia has. i think we'll see russia play that card and the ace the russians have in their deck is the threat of military the eastern half mayors aretry where saying their rights are trounced by the interim government and

russia needs to help them so i do think the russians will try in some way. >> i think many americans who events unfolding in ukraine can see echoes of the and war and is dramatic lamaring -- alarming, but they think it's far away and wonder if it impacts them. be concerned should america about what's happening in ukraine? >> i think america should be very concerned. exact replay of the end of the cold war. britain and the united states troops up to deter the russians as we did for decades but we will use our influenceand economic to try to assure that the people of ukraine get to decide their future, not vladimir putin in moscow. that's a very important principle. the largest strategic ambition britain, the united states, western europe, for the last 60 years has been a europe that's

whole, that's united, that's free and at peace and ukraine is a very large part of that configuration so there's a lot of at stake for us but you won't see the threat and you should militaryhe threat of action by nato. >> thank you very much for joining me. you.ank >> you're watching "bbc world news america." tonight'some on program, mass graves in south sudan mark the ugly result of ethnic violence. a bbc team is inside the city.led u.s. and south korean forces begun joint military exercises on the korean peninsula. two allies say the annual drills are designed to prepare aggression from north north korea. >> it can't be often that north get champagne with lunch but there is a special week.

beens of families have reunited with south korean relatives after 60 years in a of cross border meetings. the tears, a poignant reminder the conflict between their two governments have kept families apart. the reunionsre have ended, there's another test inter-korean relations. 100,000 troops will carry out air, sea and land exercises their u.s. allies and all eyes are on the north to see how it will respond. p'yongyang sees the drills not as routine defensive training a war preparation for against it. last year, it threatened nuclear the unitedinst states. the tensions then heightened north'snty around the new young leader, kim jong un, exercisesic over the this year has been relatively mild so far but the drills are

aprilled to last until and many here see them as the real test of whether ties koreas are two warming. scientists say they've observed a record breaking impact on the moon. spanish astronomers spotted a with a mass of half a ton clashing into the surface last september. amazing. in south sudan, civilians are of their lives from the town of bore. hundreds of people were killed ethnic violence there and a u.n. report points fingers at both government rebels for committing human rights abuses. our correspondent has gone there to see the impact. his report contains scenes that you may find disturbing.

the details of what happened, what and whend may be disputed but the consequences are self-evident. a hurricane ripped through the town, except this man-madeon is entirely we were escorted by government who now control bore. it has changed hands four times the recent fighting with rebel forces. beentime there have casualties.civilian it's only now that the bodies collected. this trench they've dug is big enough to take 250 bodies. isn't full yet but just over here there are two other and they've both been filled in. joined us. he says he has evidence of what

their wake.eft in >> evidence of atrocities and crimes against humanity committed by rebel forces. atrocities were committed. women raped, elderly executed and some of them slaughtered and kind of human abuse. >> just tell me who are in this grave? people buried in this grave were attacked by the rebel forces when they took over the bor town. >> obviously can't verify everything the mayor says, i trust thatk it on the vast majority of people here dinka driveof the but what is beyond doubt is that indiscriminate killing here in bor and the fear it might happen again is still strong. even now, they're trying to taking boats across the river nile.

nation onthe newest earth reduced to refugees in their own land. all i want to do is get my child out of danger and take her somewhere safer like a camp. i can wait there and if things get better, i'll come back. at st. andrew's church, they remember the two pastors who among those killed. nothing, it seems, is sacred in this conflict. >> for more on this situation in sudan, speaking to john pendergrast, co-founder of the project, an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity. before youyou just went to south sudan. what struck you most during your trip? fast this war is degenerating. a political it's struggle but on another level because of the way the fought the war, it's turned into an ethnic two largestween the

groups in south sudan and you see the attacks like the ones we've just seen, terrible massacres, and that sparks getnge massacres and you these cycles of tit for tat attacks between communities that deepens the continuing cycle. bor in that town where these attacks have taken place. trying to intervene between the two ethnic sides? nations has a large -- one of the largest peacekeeping missions in the scale of the conflict dwarfs the capacity of civilians, protect to intervene between the two parties. >> we're talking about a huge anyway. >> massive country. really the only hope we have here, the biggest hope we have the peace process which is in fits and starts trying to led by african mediator but backed by the united states and a number of

other countries. if they don't find a way to accommodate the politicians who to achievehe war their objectives, then i'm afraid this is going to get worse and worse. does the peace process, though, become harder when you we've justgs like seen in bor and whatever the politicians might be saying to mymselves in addis ababa, family has been killed, i want to take revenge. the shockinge nature of the atrocities committed by forces on both sides so that's one of the big things to overcome is to be able to say, well, we're going to have a system of accountability for some of these crimes, we know that. now let's get down to the brass tacks, the political disputes and try to address those but that accountability question is theylly key one, usually sweep these crimes under the rug and total impunity reigns but time we'll have to have accountability. >> it was so recently the world itsbrated the creation of

youngest member state. looking back, were there ways, things that could have been done over the past couple of years to that we areituation in now? >> that's a great question. countrieshalf the that go to war and have a peace deal fall back into war so this norm as opposed to the believe strong diplomacy that pressed the toernment of south sudan open up political space for disagreement and opposition, constitutional review process in the new state the politicalall processes need to happen where conflicts can be resolved peacefully. >> thanks very much for coming. known survivor of the holocaust has died at the age of 110. it was 1943 when alice

herz-sommer was sent to a camp. she survived because of her pianist and her of an oscar subject nominated documentary. world is music. i'm not interested in anything else. for alice sommer, music helped her during her darkest days. she was born in prague in 1903. occupation of czechoslovakia, she and her child were sent to tarazion. camp in which more than 43,000 people died. some prisoners were encouraged put on performances. alice would play the piano and believed that helped save her life. her experience of using music as means of survival in the

concentration camps was shared others. >> i can say that the cello saved my life. going on inwas auschwits. music, as they wanted they couldn't kill us. we will play and i thought when we can play, it can't be so terrible. the music, the music. the first place of art. sommers' long life has been recorded in a documentary oscars,d in this year's showing the journey of a woman who survived the holocaust but at her own life and loss without bitterness. beautiful.y life is beautiful.t's

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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: ukraine's parliament fills a power vacuum, with the former president on the run, facing charges of mass murder. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. also ahead this monday, one of the world's most wanted men was captured in mexico without a single shot fired. but what does his arrest mean for the cross-border drug trade? >> woodruff: plus: i see barren hallways broken cameras uninvited guests there's no service here as if a sea of people were cast away on an island to fend for themselves the weather outside is frightening >> woodruff: w i